Italian TV pundit makes shocking racist remark about Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku
AN ITALIAN commentator has been banned from a TV channel after making a racist remark about Romelu Lukaku - suggesting a player should give him \"ten bananas to out-muscle\" the Belgian. Luciano Passirani appeared as a guest on TopCalcio24 and was praising the Inter Milan striker, saying he is unlike any other player in Serie A. But he said: \"I don\'t see in the Italian league a player like Lukaku in any team, not in AC Milan, Inter, Rome, Lazio. \"He\'s one of the strongest and I like him a lot because he\'s one of the strongest, he\'s at least twice as strong as (Duvan) Zapata from Atalanta. \"These players have something more than the others, these are the guys who make the goals and drag the team. \"If they go one-on-one with you you\'re dead, you fall to the ground. The only way to out-muscle him is to give him ten bananas to eat.\" Passirani apologised soon after, insisting he was trying to make a joke and did not intend the comme